From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11457 invoked by alias); 28 Aug 2007 13:45:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 11409 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Aug 2007 13:45:44 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:45:39 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6813398153 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:45:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (22.svnf5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.183.55]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 443E69812E for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:45:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IQ1Nw-0004Ip-Hq for gdb@sourceware.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:45:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:45:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Questions about gdb/mi support on the Mac Message-ID: <20070828134536.GA16522@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: gdb@sourceware.org References: <46CF1A71.1020002@sun.com> <200708281029.27514.apoenitz@trolltech.com> <18131.58128.433536.819432@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070828105502.GA7419@caradoc.them.org> <20070828112438.GJ6213@cox.net> <20070828113349.GA9440@caradoc.them.org> <20070828125304.GL6213@cox.net> <20070828131324.GA14264@caradoc.them.org> <20070828133733.GA5758@cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070828133733.GA5758@cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-09) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-08/txt/msg00236.txt.bz2 On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:37:33AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote: > OK, when my users say, "hey, why doesn't cgdb work on mac os x anymore?", > I'll tell them either, "add support to cgdb yourself" or > "no, really, it's a good thing that apple ported gdb to Mac OS X and > cgdb doesn't work". > > This is literally the position I'm in. How do you suggest I reason about > the possibilities I have? Do you have a better possibility for me? Would you rather they hadn't ported any GDB to Mac OS X at all? Tell your users that Apple's port does not include what cgdb needs. It's no different from someone complaining that it doesn't work on any platform with no GDB port at all. Or make cgdb cope with the variations. That's up to you. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery